Prior to FPU - Played tennis at Reedley College where she became the #1-ranked junior college player in Northern California and eventual state champion, as well as an Ojai Tournament doubles champion....prepped at El Diamante High School where she played four years of varsity for coach Joe Harding....was a three-time league MVP and earned 1st-Team All-League honors as a senior....also played basketball and softball.

Personal - Born June 14, 1991....parents are Dino and Patti....has one brother, D.J.....the people she admires most are her parents....favorite TV shows are Hawaii Five-O and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills....person she would most like to meet is actor Alex O'Loughlin....Nicole is a Pre-Health major with plans of becoming a physician's assistant.